Day 7 - 2016 30 Painting in 30 Days

"Joey"  6 x 6 Oil

Day 6 - 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Penny"  6 x 6 Oil

"Penny" is based on a photo by Janet Harman who generously shared it on the Facebook site, Photos for Artists. For this painting, I did not start with an underpainting - and I wish I had! The underpainting establishes the strong lights and darks which is helpful as the painting progresses. But, this challenge is intended to grow as an artist and I am learning a lot. 

Day 5 - 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Frodo  6 x 6 Oil

Love little Frodo, who lives in England with my nephew's family. I have more to do on this painting, including adding his collar and tags, but it is coming along!

Day 4 - 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Happy Havanese  6 x 6 Oil 

This was such a fun painting to do! I took this photo in Chatham, Mass when visiting friends. My Havanese, Auggie, loved sitting on the deck of the little cottage we rented overlooking Mill Pond. 

Day 3 - 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days

I Got It! 6 x 6 Oil

From a photo by Sheila Stienly

Another painting from the Facebook site, Photos for Artists. Loved this picture of a Lab retrieving a tennis ball. This painting was done a little under 2 hours - finally! My process is getting faster! 

Day 2 - 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Flying Ears  6 x 6 Oil

From a photo by Orphie Barella

Today's painting is from a photo I found on a Facebook site called Photos for Artists where photographers from around the world generously post photos for artists to use, royalty free. I loved this little dachshund with his ears flying as he turns his head. Yesterday's painting of Coco took 3 hours, so today my goal was to complete the painting in 2 hours. I was close - this one was 2-1/2 hours There is much about it I would like to refine, but keeping to my "painting a day" challenge, I will leave it as is. 

Day 1 of the 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Coco 6x6 Oil $195

Coco is my adorable 5 lb maltese-yorkie, or in other words, a "morkie".  She's full of spunk and has lots of Yorkie attitude. My theme for the first few paintings in the challenge will be Pets and Animals.